Metapiano. A 60MB modeled grand piano that sounds like a 30GB one.

For its creation they captured the real instrument in a peaceful studio in Patagonia. The mountains and solitary landscape gave the perfect scenario to meticulously record notes, resonances, and mechanical noises, to be used for feeding the Sampleson’s Spectral Engine 2.0.

Why is Sampleson doing spectral modeling? “Because it’s a technique that produces highly accurate results. It provides a much closer sound representation of the real instrument (than other modeling techniques) to the brain’s perception because it’s based on the real waveforms and not in mathematical estimations.” they say.

The result: the most realistic modeled Grand Piano nowadays. It features full decay for every note (you’ll find up to 1:30 minutes of decay in the lowest notes, without loops). No velocity switching. No noise. And a small footprint.

With these characteristics, a sampled Grand Piano plugin should weigh at least 30 Gb. Sampleson did it in only 60 Mb. And it’s on intro price ($59) at https://sampleson.com/metapiano.html

FEATURES

• Spectral modeled 88 notes grand piano
• ~60MB
• Low CPU usage
• Based on real samples
• Full decays
• No velocity-switching
• Scalable HD interface

CONTROLS/FX

• Reverb effects
• Master gain
• Mechanics sound level
• Releases sound level
• Dynamic velocity adjustment

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

MacOS

• Standalone App, VST3 and AU included
• OSX 10.7 or later (Catalina, Big Sur and Monterey ready)
• Host must support VSTi or AU plugins
• 70 MB HDD
• 4GB RAM
• 64 bits Plugin and Standalone

Windows

• Standalone 64 bits App and VST3 included
• Windows 7 or later
• Host must support VSTi plugins
• 70 MB HDD
• 4GB RAM

Important Note: Pro Tools is not supported.

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